Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, July 12, 1979:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Sunday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer
🎮 Number one video game › Asteroids
🎵 Number one song › "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer
🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Cancer
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Moon ☽
🐼 Spirit Animal › Woodpecker
🔢 Life Path Number › 9
🌼 Birth flower › Larkspur
🪨 Birthstone › Ruby
📅 Lucky day › Monday ⬤Power Color › Silver
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.86
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,515,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 405,682,560 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,909,094,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,784,096,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 334,091,520 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on March 20, 2011.
What happened on my birthday
1679
Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners right to be imprisoned to be examined by a court.
1690
Battle of Boyne: in Ireland, Protestant King William III defeats English Catholic King James II.
1790
French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state.
1804
Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel by Vice President Aaron Burr.
1863
In New Zealand, British forces invade Waikato, home of the Maori King Movement, beginning a new phase of the wars between Maori and Colonial British.
1913
150,000 Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms; since the British Liberals have promised the Irish nationalists Home Rule, civil war appears imminent.
1943
World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - Russians defeat German forces in one of the largest ever tank battles.
1957
US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer.
Famous people with my birthday
1966
Allegra Curtis, model and daughter of Christine Kaufmann and Tony Curtis
1945
Leopoldo Mastelloni, Italian actor (Inferno)
1991
Erik Per Sullivan, American actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
1936
Jan Nemec, Czech film director (Diamonds of the Night)
1938
Ron Fairly, American baseball utility and broadcaster
1933
Brian Cant, British stage and screen actor and children's television presenter (Play School, 1964-85)
1972
Jake Wood, English actor (Eastenders)
1956
Mel Harris [Mary Ellen], American actress (Hope-30 Something)
Holidays on Thursday, July 12th
National Eat Your Jello Day
National Eat Your Jello Day, celebrated on July 12th, is a fun holiday where everyone is encouraged to enjoy their favorite flavors and shapes of Jell-O, a classic, versatile dessert first trademarked in 1897.
National Hair Creator's Day
National Hair Creator's Day, celebrated on July 12th since 2021, is a day to honor and showcase the creativity and self-expression of both professional and self-taught hairstylists, encouraging everyone to flaunt their unique hairstyling skills.
Etch A Sketch Day
Etch A Sketch Day, celebrated every July 12th, commemorates the anniversary of this classic toy's release, encouraging everyone to unleash their creativity with the twist of two knobs.
National Simplicity Day
National Simplicity Day, celebrated on July 12th, encourages us to simplify our lives in honor of Henry David Thoreau's birthday, reminding us of the joy in living simply and appreciating the basics.
Night of Nights
The Night of Nights is a special day on July 12th when people remember and celebrate the last time Morse code, a way of sending messages with dots and dashes, was used for commercial messages in the U.S.
